![]() ![]() Brilliantly documenting both the dark and the light, Good Faeries/Bad Faeries presents a world of enchantment and magic that deeply compels the imagination. ![]() ![]() ![]() The faery kingdom, we find, is as subject to good and evil as the human realm. Terri Windling’s prose seems the inevitable accompaniment to Brian Froud’s artwork, and remains true to the stated premise of the book: Faeries are not a fantasy. In addition to such good faeries as Dream Weavers and Faery Godmothers, Brian introduces us to a host of less well behaved creatures - traditional bad faeries like Morgana le Fay, but also the Soul Shrinker and the Gloominous Doom. I recognized many of these creatures immediately, especially some of the bad faeries, such as the Bad Hair Day Faery, the Fee Lion, the Ear Poker, and the Out-of-the-Blue Faery. In this richly imagined new book, Brian reveals the secrets he has learned from the faeries - what their noses and shoes look like, what mischief and what gentle assistance they can give, what their souls and their dreams are like.Īs it turns out, faeries aren't all sweetness and light. In the long-awaited sequel to the international bestseller Faeries, artist Brian Froud rescues pixies, gnomes, and other faeries from the isolation of the nursery and the distance of history, bringing them into the present day with vitality and imagination. That was before they burst upon my life as vibrant, luminous beings, permeating my art and my everyday existence, causing glorious havoc." "Once upon a time, I thought faeries lived only in books, old folktales, and the past. ![]()
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